Something one should know, if one is considering moving to BC is that your medical records will be open to scrutiny by the US government under the US Patriot Act.

"Victoria - British Columbia's privacy commissioner says American authorities will be able to use the Patriot Act to get access to the private information on Canadians if personal records are outsourced to U.S. companies.

Privacy legislation enacted by the Liberal government of Premier Gordon Campbell will not protect the information on Canadian citizens from prying American officials if the province outsources the management of personal medical records to U.S. companies as it is planning to do.

The BCGEU was the first to raise the alarm about the implications of the USA Patriot Act by issuing acourt challenge over the contracting out of the administration of the Medical Services Plan (MSP) tothe Arizona-based Maximus corporation. The government is also contracting out PharmaCare, government payroll, Provincial Revenue, disaster recovery, and workstation support services.

Heyman said the union will continue to pursue the matter through the courts and is considering a
range of legal options, including seeking an injunction to stop the signing of any further contracts with U.S.-linked companies until the government fulfills the recommendations contained in the privacy commissioner's report."

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